28results about "Mobile data collection device" patented technology

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for utility infrastructure condition monitoring, detection, and response are disclosed. One exemplary system includes a sensor package and a monitoring and control module. The sensor package includes a plurality of sensors such as, for example, an image sensor, a video sensor, and a LiDAR sensor. The sensors may each be configured to capture data indicative of one or more conditions (e.g., an environmental condition, a structural condition, etc.) in the vicinity of the utility infrastructure. The monitoring and control includes a detection module and an alert module. The detection module is configured to receive data captured by each sensor and, based on the captured data, determine one or more conditions in the vicinity of the utility infrastructure. The detection module may be configured to then, based on the determined conditions, provide an alert for the condition using the alert module.

To provide systems and methods for continuous monitoring of analyte values.SOLUTION: A method for wireless data communication between an analyte sensor system and a mobile device comprises: storing identification information associated with a transceiver of the analyte sensor system, the identification information entered by a user of the mobile device via a custom application running on the mobile device; causing the custom application to enter a background mode; searching for advertisement signals; receiving an advertisement signal from the transceiver; authenticating the transceiver; prompting the user to bring the custom application to a foreground mode; causing the custom application to request a confirmation from the user that a data connection with the transceiver is desired; receiving the confirmation from the user; and completing the data connection with the transceiver.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

The method described herein is performed by a utility meter without an integrated display. The method includes measuring resource consumption and further generating consumption data based on measuring the resource consumption. The utility meter wirelessly connects directly to an external device having a display via a communication device. The utility meter verifies that the external device is authorized to access the utility meter. The utility meter transmits the consumption data to the external device and uses the display of the external device as an interface to the utility meter. The utility meter receives instructions via manual entry on the display of the external device, and the utility meter executes the instructions.

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Detection of placement of dental aligners in patient mouth on teeth for indication of wearing compliance. Described herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting wearing, including compliance, and for reliably transferring data, by wired or wireless direct or indirect communication of electronic compliance information to a smartphone. Also described herein are dental appliances that can detect physiological parameters related to respiration and sleep. Also described herein are aligner cases that enable NFC communication with electronic compliance indicator (ECI) devices and Bluetooth communication with smartphones.

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent water meter reading, and discloses a water supply meter reading system and method suitable for a weak network environment. The method comprises the steps of obtaining original readings of multiple water meters and generating dynamic feature vectors; a corresponding water meter network connection diagram is extracted, a spatial incidence matrix is constructed, a reading propagation path under a weak network is simulated and deduced, and a network propagation simulation result is obtained; path loss analysis is conducted on the simulation result, the signal estimation intensity of each water meter node is determined, the nodes lower than a preset threshold value are clustered into a node set to be subjected to collaborative meter reading, and a collaborative meter reading scheduling strategy of time-sharing awakening and relay transmission is formulated for the node set; and executing the strategy, awakening a specified node to collect data, transmitting and converging through a preset relay path, performing consistency verification and fusion processing at a convergence node, and outputting a water supply meter reading result optimized by the weak network environment. According to the invention, the integrity and reliability of meter reading data in a complex weak network environment can be improved.

Systems and methods are provided for continuously monitoring analyte values received from an analyte sensor system. A method for wireless data communication between an analyte sensor system and a mobile device involves storing identification information associated with a transceiver of the analyte sensor system, the identification information being entered by a user of the mobile device via a custom application running on the mobile device; causing the custom application to enter a background mode; searching for an advertisement signal; receiving an advertisement signal from the transceiver; authenticating the transceiver based on the identification information; prompting the user to bring the custom application to a foreground mode; causing the custom application to request confirmation from the user that a data connection with the transceiver is desired; receiving the confirmation from the user; and completing the data connection with the transceiver.

There are provided measures for data collection optimization. Such measures exemplarily comprise selecting, out of a plurality of radio equipment entities, a set of radio equipment entities, based on correlation information reflecting at least temporal and / or spatial correlation among data from said plurality of radio equipment entities, and determining a movement trajectory for a movable data collection entity configured for reading-out data from said plurality of radio equipment entities, said movement trajectory being a path with a minimum length among paths connecting all data read-out zones corresponding to all radio equipment entities of said set of radio equipment entities.

System for the decentralized acquisition and wireless transmission of data collected during underground operations, in which the decentralized data is centrally evaluated, wherein several at least temporarily mobile modules are arranged at different locations within a given underground structure, and the temporarily mobile modules are designed to acquire and temporarily store measurement data and to wirelessly and automatically transmit the acquired measurement data to several fully mobile modules as soon as a fully mobile module reaches a distance from a temporarily mobile module at which wireless data transmission between a respective temporary and a fully mobile module is possible, and the fully mobile modules are further trained to temporarily store data received from at least one temporarily mobile module and, upon reaching a data access point connected to a central acquisition, evaluation and / or storage unit, to transmit this temporarily stored data to the respective data access point and The temporarily mobile modules are further developed to transmit buffered measurement data wirelessly only after receiving a wirelessly received request signal, which has been transmitted from a fully mobile module to the respective temporarily mobile module, whereby a fully mobile module is installed on or integrated into a vehicle.

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Device for monitoring installations (14) comprising the following: Sensors (26) arranged on the systems (14) to generate sensor signals according to the characteristics of the systems (14); Control electronics connected to the sensors (26) for receiving and analyzing sensor signals and for sending information and commands; a mobile device for communicating with the control electronics and sensors (26); where the mobile device has an input and is configured and programmed to: a. Receiving location data from the input, wherein the location data corresponds to sensor identity, plant identity and sensor signals, b. Transmitting location data to the electronics (16), and c. Generating and transmitting mobile control signals to the control electronics based on user inputs made through the input of the mobile device (32); the control electronics are configured and programmed as follows: a. with plant data corresponding to the identities and locations of the sensors (26), identities of the plants (14), acceptable states of the plants (14) and abnormal states of the plants (14), b. to analyze the sensor signals and determine the condition of the systems (14) based on the system data, c. to send (1) commands and / or (2) information when a detected condition of a plant (14) is an abnormal condition, d. to receive and analyze location data and mobile control signals, e. to modify the (1) sending of commands and / or (2) analysis of sensor signals based on one or more of the location data and mobile control signals, wherein the mobile device and the control electronics are programmed to perform a linearization function by: Identifying multiple sensors (26) and storing the identities of the sensors (26) in the mobile device to generate a sensor identification for each identified sensor (26); Receiving and storing multiple sensor parameter values ​​and timestamps in the mobile device, where each sensor parameter value is associated with a sensor identification and a timestamp; Storing multiple sensor identifications in the control electronics; Receiving and storing multiple sensor signal values ​​and timestamps in the control electronics, wherein each of the sensor signal values ​​is associated with a timestamp and a sensor identification, Sending linearization data from the mobile device to the control electronics, wherein the linearization data includes the multiple sensor parameter values, an associated sensor identification for each sensor parameter value, and an associated timestamp for each sensor parameter value; Using the timestamps and sensor identifications associated with the sensor parameter values ​​and the timestamps and sensor identifications associated with the sensor signal values ​​to correlate the sensor parameter values ​​with the sensor signal values ​​by the mobile device, in order to associate a sensor signal value with a sensor parameter value in order to generate multiple value pairs for multiple sensor identifications; and Using the value pairs to interpret the sensor signal from each identified sensor (26) by the control electronics, so that the value pairs are used to linearize the correlation between sensor parameters and sensor signal values ​​for each of the identified sensors (26).

A system for the remote care of an item of vegetation used as a potential source of food for an animal, to include at least one of a proximity tag, RFID tag, transponder device, a predetermined machine-readable pattern, and geo-location device associated with the item of vegetation, and an aerial drone. The aerial drone includes a microprocessor, a sensor coupled to the microprocessor and configured to detect the at least one of the proximity tag, RFID tag, transponder device, predetermined machine-readable pattern, and the geo-location device, and a carrier configured to carry a substance comprising at least one of a solid, gas, and liquid. The aerial drone is configured to act in response to instructions issued by the microprocessor.

Method for operating bidirectional radio communication between a radio node (100) and a gateway (200) in a radio communication network (300) comprising at least one, preferably a plurality of, preferably battery-operated, radio nodes (100) and at least one gateway (200), in which the radio communication takes place in an IMS frequency band (301) and the radio node (100) has a basic application layer setting in which a defined amount of data is transmitted in the uplink from the radio node (100) to the gateway (200), wherein, by changing the setting of the application layer in the radio node (100) during operation due to a downlink message, the amount of data subsequently transmitted in the uplink from the radio node (100) to the gateway (200) is reduced compared to operation of the radio communication network (300) with the basic application layer setting.

A remote modular data collection system and method are disclosed, which in one or more embodiments, employs a plurality of data collection pods, which are interspersed within a geographical region and in communication with a remote control station. The pods include a variety of sensors adapted for particular purposes and may be arranged to preprocess data using artificial intelligence prior to transfer to the remote station and for autonomous operation. The pods are mountable on poles and other structures. In some embodiments, the pods are modular in design and construction, allowing quick installation and replacement of optional modules to satisfy particular data collection purposes. The pods may include integrated solar panels for flexible or redundant power purposes. In some embodiments, one or more pods each house an unmanned aerial vehicle, the sensors of which are integrated into the system and which allow for comprehensive on-demand data collection throughout the entirety of the geographical area. These pods include a hangar bay with a selectively retractable opening and charging pad for launching, recovery, storage, and charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The system may be used for terrestrial and / or extraterrestrial purposes, and it has particular application in security, military, environmental, law enforcement, and search and rescue operations, as well as an early detection and warning system.

A system for determining patient compliance with an orthodontic treatment or retention plan is disclosed. A polymeric shell appliance comprises a plurality of cavities for receiving the patient's teeth, wherein the polymeric shell appliance is configured to be removably worn over the patient's teeth. An electronics compliance indicator, ECI, device is coupled to the polymeric shell appliance, wherein the ECI device comprises a temperature sensor, a proximity sensor, a power source, and a communication antenna for communicating with an external case configured to hold the ECI device therein. A processor is configured to determine that the polymeric shell is being worn by the patient based on a temperature data from the temperature sensor and a proximity data from the proximity sensor, wherein such determination comprises determining that a measured temperature from the temperature data is within a body temperature range and that a measured proximity value is within a threshold proximity to an intraoral target.

A system for determining patient compliance with an orthodontic treatment or retention plan is disclosed. A polymeric shell appliance comprises a plurality of cavities for receiving the patient's teeth, wherein the polymeric shell appliance is configured to be removably worn over the patient's teeth. An electronics compliance indicator, ECI, device is coupled to the polymeric shell appliance, wherein the ECI device comprises a temperature sensor, a proximity sensor, a power source, and a communication antenna for communicating with an external case configured to hold the ECI device therein. A processor is configured to determine that the polymeric shell is being worn by the patient based on a temperature data from the temperature sensor and a proximity data from the proximity sensor, wherein such determination comprises determining that a measured temperature from the temperature data is within a body temperature range and that a measured proximity value is within a threshold proximity to an intraoral target.

A remote modular data collection system and method are disclosed, which in one or more embodiments, employs a plurality of data collection pods, which are interspersed within a geographical region and in communication with a remote control station. The pods include a variety of sensors adapted for particular purposes and may be arranged to preprocess data using artificial intelligence prior to transfer to the remote station and for autonomous operation. The pods are mountable on poles and other structures. In some embodiments, the pods are modular in design and construction, allowing quick installation and replacement of optional modules to satisfy particular data collection purposes. The pods may include integrated solar panels for flexible or redundant power purposes. In some embodiments, one or more pods each house an unmanned aerial vehicle, the sensors of which are integrated into the system and which allow for comprehensive on-demand data collection throughout the entirety of the geographical area. These pods include a hangar bay with a selectively retractable opening and charging pad for launching, recovery, storage, and charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The system may be used for terrestrial and / or extraterrestrial purposes, and it has particular application in security, military, environmental, law enforcement, and search and rescue operations, as well as an early detection and warning system.

Systems, methods, and computer programs for edge management of geographically dispersed sensors are provided as described herein. An edge device in a network accesses observations of a plurality of geographically dispersed sensors. Further, the edge device processes the observations to determine overlapping portions of the observations. Further, the edge device optimizes the observations to form optimized observations for transmission to a cloud processing system, where the optimization is based on the determined overlapping portions of the observations.

System (100) for simple and flexible control of vehicle functions of a vehicle (110), comprising: a mobile device (120) that is set up to collect sensor data; a computing unit (114, 124) that is set up, - to process the captured sensor data; - to determine a temporal and functional relationship between the processed sensor data and the vehicle (110), wherein the temporal and functional relationship also includes a spatial relationship and wherein the spatial relationship includes a position of a user of the mobile device in or on the vehicle (110); and - to determine an assignment of the processed sensor data to a predefined vehicle function; wherein the vehicle (110) includes a control unit (112) which is configured to control or regulate the predefinable vehicle function according to the determined assignment.

Method for operating bidirectional radio communication between a radio node (100) and a gateway (200) in a radio communication network (300) comprising at least one, preferably a plurality of, preferably battery-operated, radio nodes (100) and at least one gateway (200), in which the radio communication takes place in an IMS frequency band (301) and the radio node (100) has a basic application layer setting in which a defined amount of data is transmitted in the uplink from the radio node (100) to the gateway (200), wherein, by changing the setting of the application layer in the radio node (100) during operation due to a downlink message, the amount of data subsequently transmitted in the uplink from the radio node (100) to the gateway (200) is reduced compared to operation of the radio communication network (300) with the basic application layer setting.

A graphene-based composition is disclosed comprising functionalized graphene powder produced by detonation, plasma synthesis, liquid phase exfoliation, mechanical exfoliation among other graphene production methods known in the art. The graphene powder includes oxygen-containing functional groups such as hydroxyl, epoxy, carbonyl, and carboxyl, with a carbon-to-oxygen atomic ratio ranging from approximately 1.0 to 99.0. The powder is dispersed in an organic solvent, non-organic solvent, aqueous medium, surfactant, or POSS-based medium at a solids concentration between about 2% w / v and 30% w / v. Methods of functionalizing the graphene powder and forming dispersions are provided, along with methods of making ink dispersions with polymer binders and printed or coated articles formed therefrom. The graphene formulations exhibit tunable surface chemistry, controlled defect structures as measured by Raman spectroscopy, and stable dispersion properties suitable for applications in printed electronics, conductive coatings, sensing platforms, and lightweight composites.

A remote modular data collection system and method are disclosed, which in one or more embodiments, employs a plurality of data collection pods, which are interspersed within a geographical region and in communication with a remote control station. The pods include a variety of sensors adapted for particular purposes and may be arranged to preprocess data using artificial intelligence prior to transfer to the remote station and for autonomous operation.

Detection of placement of dental aligners in patient mouth on teeth for indication of wearing compliance. Described herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting wearing, including compliance. In some variations these apparatuses and methods may include a sensor configured to detect deflection of the one or more deflectable structures. In some variations, these apparatuses and methods may include a proximity sensor coupled to the appliance shell and configured to generate sensor data when in proximity with intraoral tissue.

A method for conducting a bidirectional radio communication between a radio node and a gateway is performed in a radio communication network that includes at least one, preferably a plurality, of radio nodes, which are preferably operated by a battery, and at least one gateway, in which the radio communication occurs in an IMS frequency band and the radio node has a default setting of the application layer in which a defined volume of data is transmitted in the uplink from the radio node to the gateway. A change of the setting of the application layer in the radio node that occurs due to a downlink message during operation of the radio node reduces the volume of data that is subsequently transmitted in the uplink from the radio node to the gateway, compared to operation of the radio communication network that occurs with the default setting of the application layer.

System (100) for the agile, intuitive control of vehicle functions of a vehicle (110), comprising: a wearable device (120) that is configured to collect sensor data, wherein the sensor data includes motion data and optical data of a user of the wearable device (120); a computing unit (114, 124) that is set up, - to process the captured sensor data, wherein the processing of the sensor data includes determining a predefined movement and / or a predefined gesture of the user of the wearable device (120); - to determine a functional relationship between the processed sensor data and the vehicle (110), wherein determining the functional relationship includes a time limitation for capturing the predefined movement and / or gesture, wherein the functional relationship requires that the predefined gesture and / or movement must be completed within a predetermined time period; and - to determine an assignment to a predefinable vehicle function, taking into account the determined functional relationship; wherein the vehicle (110) includes a control unit (112) which is configured to control or regulate the predefinable vehicle function according to the determined assignment.

Disclosed is a system for testing batteries, comprising: a battery tester comprising: a tester scanner or camera for capturing an obtained battery identifier; a tester network hardware for transmitting the obtained battery identifier; and a server comprising: a database having data, the data comprising at least one historic battery identifier and associated historic battery characteristic and configured to compare the data with the obtained battery identifier; wherein the battery tester is configured to capture a battery identifier from a battery and transmit the battery identifier to the server.

A method of resetting a communications module, the communications module configured for use with an endpoint meter, the method comprising obtaining, by a reset tool from a network module, first data associated with the communications module, providing a first reset request from the reset tool to the communications module, the first reset request being based at least in part on the first data, validating, by the communications module, the first reset request, generating, by the communications module, a reset indicator based at least in part on the first reset request, obtaining, by the reset tool from the communications module, the reset indicator, providing the reset indicator from the reset tool to the network module, authenticating, by the network module, the reset indicator, providing, by the reset tool, the authenticated reset indicator to the communications module, validating, by the communications module, the authenticated reset indicator, and resetting the communications module.